ARC is pleased to present the winners and finalists of the 12th International ARC Salon Competition. This year we have 1,006 finalist works by 640 artists from 63 countries, representing 32% of works submitted. To view the results of our 12th International ARC Salon Competition, click here.

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ARC Salon Winners in Epoch Times

The Epoch Times has recently published an article about the 12th International ARC Salon Competition Winners written by ARC COO Kara Lysandra Ross.

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ARCALM™ Arina Gordienko’s painting, ‘The Smile’, has been recognized with the 2nd Place Award (out of 1830 entries from 57 countries) at the Berliner Art Prize 2016 in Germany.

She has also been awarded the Honorary Diploma of the Berliner Art Prize 2016 for ‘bright and remarkable contribution in the conservation and development of the artistic values in Modern Art’.

Arina will also have work on display and available for purchase at the Luxartfair located at 10 circuit de la Foire Internationale – L-1347 Luxembourg-Kirchberg from December 7-11, 2016.

Posted December 8th, 2016

Richard Lack Book in ARC Store

Richard F. Lack was one of the most prolific artists of the last half of the twentieth century–a master of portraiture, still life and florals, landscapes, interior and outdoor genre, etching, pastels, and imaginative paintings. Over a span of sixty-three years, he completed more than 1,100 paintings, drawings, sketches, studies, etchings, woodcuts and watercolors.

This hardcover volume measures 12 x 9.75 inches and is 496 pages with over 1000 color and b/w images.

Alan Merris Bell is a fine artist from Portland, Oregon. He attended the San Francisco Academy of Art and began his art career in 1971 while serving in the U.S. Army as an illustrator for Infantry Magazine. Alan retired in 2005 after 30 years of service as a Fire Fighter/Paramedic for the City of Portland and is now able to work full time on his art.

ARC Associate Living Master™ Vicki Sullivan’s work will be displayed in the 2016 A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize Exhibition.

The A.M.E Bale Travelling Scholarship and Art Prize are awarded to Australian artists who have demonstrated talent and achievement in traditional styles. The Art Prize is intended to encourage, support and advance classical training of emerging artists at any stage of life, who are pursuing the study and practice of traditional art and who desire to study the works of old masters.

The show runs from November 26 – December 11, 2016 at the Glen Eira City Council – Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.

Posted December 5th, 2016

ARC Greeting Cards

This beautiful set of 12 blank note cards (1 unique image per card) are perfect for use as holiday cards or make great gifts!

All proceeds from the sale of these note cards goes towards the ARC Scholarship Fund and helping to keep the Art Renewal Center on the web.

ARC Associate Living™ Master Sergio Roffo is holding a solo exhibition of his work at the Guild of Boston Artists. The Guild is located on 160 Newbury St. Boston, MA and the show runs from December 6 – 29, 2016.

There will be a live painting demonstration on Saturday, December 17, at 2pm.

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Terje Adler Mork was born in Odda, Norway in 1949. He has a background within IT and programming from Bergen and later in Sarpsborg where he moved in 1987. In 2001 he quit working with computers and started painting full time. His favorite subject is the study of the human figure and to recreate it as thinking psychological beings.

ARC Living Artist™ John Joseph Hunn’s series of drawings titled “Anthology of Mary” has been moved to a new viewing location. The drawings, which are a part of the Howard Tullman collection, have been moved to Suite 1212 Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL.

Posted November 30th, 2016

Arina Gordienko at Italian Museum

ARC Associate Living Master™ Arina Gordienko’s painting, “Leaves Are Full of Voices”, will be featured at Museum of Modern Art Vittoria Colonna in Italy at the Biennale “PESCARART 2016″, from November 26, 2016 to January 7, 2017.

The museum is located on Via Antonio Gramsci in Pescara PE, 65122, Italy.

Posted November 29th, 2016

New Lesson in DVI Course Released

Lesson 10 in the DVI Bargue Drawing course has just been released.

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ARC Associate Living Master™ Vicki Sullivan has been selected as a finalist in the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA) which runs from October 28 – December 10, 2016 at the Grafton Regional Gallery located on 158 Fitzroy St, Grafton NSW 2460, Australia.

The Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA) seeks to encourage and promote innovation and excellence in drawing and plays a vital role in fostering Australian drawing practice.

Entries selected for the 2016 JADA will tour eight regional and metropolitan galleries in Australia until mid 2018.

We would like to congratulate ARC Living Artist™, Clark Gussin, on his Honorable Mention in the Southwest Art Magazine Artistic Excellence Competition. The painting, “The Farrier Hears the Call of the Sea”, is also a finalist in the 12th International ARC Salon competition.

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Posted November 18th, 2016

Clara Peeters Exhibition

Clara Peeters was a pioneer in the field of still life painting, and one of the few women painters active in the 1600′s. Approximately forty paintings by her are known today.

This exhibition attempts to explain the deeper meanings contained in her still life paintings, and to highlight the achievements of this little known but extraordinary artist.

The exhibition takes place at the Prado located on Calle Ruiz de Alarcón 23, Madrid, 28014, Spain and runs from now until February 19, 2017.

Posted November 18th, 2016

Lesson 9 of DVI Bargue Course Released

The Da Vinci Initiative has released Lesson 9 in the Bargue course titled “Follow Through Lines”.

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